GB/T 18820-2023General principles of drafting norm of water intake for industry (English PDF)
工业用水定额编制通则
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
September 7, 2023
Implementation date
January 1, 2024
Scope
GB/T 18820-2023 is the English-translated version of 工业用水定额编制通则.
GB/T 18820-2023 is the Chinese national standard that tells the bodies drawing up industrial water intake quotas what a quota standard must contain and how it is built.
It fixes the content of such a standard, the basis and the principles for preparing it, the preparation procedure and the calculation formulas.
It defines the norm of water intake per unit of industrial output, set at two index levels, an advanced value and a general value, and the water intake drawn from all sources during the statistical period, with Annex A giving examples where the quota is expressed per unit of raw material processed.
It cites GB/T 4754, GB/T 12452, GB/T 21534 and GB/T 24789. It replaces GB/T 18820-2011, was issued on 7 September 2023 and has applied since 1 January 2024.
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Document preview — GB/T 18820-2023
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 13.060.25
- Classification
- P 41
- Replacing
- GB/T 18820-2011
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative reference documents
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Contents of water consumption quotas
Foreword
This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting.
This document replaces GB/T 18820-2011 "General Rules for Preparing Water Intake Quotas for Products of Industrial Enterprises" and is consistent with GB/T 18820-2011.
In addition to structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows.
---Added normative reference document GB/T 21543 (see Chapter 3);
---Changed terms and definitions (see Chapter 3, Chapter 3 of the 2011 edition);
---Added the content of water quota standards (see Chapter 4);
---Changed the principles for preparing water quota standards (see 5.2, Chapter 4 of the 2011 edition);
---Added normative reference document GB/T 24789 (see 6.5).
1 Scope
This document stipulates the content, preparation basis and principles, preparation procedures and calculation formulas of industrial water quotas.
This document is applicable to the preparation of industrial water quotas.
2 Normative reference documents
The contents of the following documents constitute essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, the dated quotations For undated referenced documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated referenced documents, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 4754 National Economic Industry Classification
GB/T 12452 General principles for water balance testing
GB/T 21534 Water conservation terminology
GB/T 24789 General rules for the equipment and management of water measuring instruments for water use units
3 Terms and definitions
The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 21534 and the following apply to this document.
3.1 Norm of water intake for industry
The standard water intake is calculated based on the unit output of industrial products.
Note 1: Also called industrial water intake quota.
Note 2: Industrial water quotas are set up with two levels of index values: advanced value and general value. The advanced value reflects the advanced water-saving level of the industry, and the general value reflects the reasonable water use of the industry level.
Note 3: Products refer to final products, intermediate products or primary products; for some industries or processes (processes), the amount of water taken per unit of raw material processing can be used as the water consumption determination amount indicators, please see Appendix A for specific examples.
3.2 Water intake
During the statistical period, the amount of water required by the production unit to obtain qualified products from various water sources or channels.
[Source: GB/T 21534-2021,8.20, modified]
4 Contents of water consumption quotas
In addition to the general content that should be included, industrial water quotas should also include.
---Terms and definitions;
---Calculation range;
---Calculation formula;
---General value of water quota;
......
This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 17 pages — is available in the English PDF.
Referenced standards
Normative references
Cited by
- GB 45669.8-2026Norm of water intake for industry in the Yellow River basin - Part 8: Sulfuric acid
- GB 45669.1-2025Norm of water intake for industry in the Yellow River basin - Part 1: Thermal power production
- GB 45669.2-2025Norm of water intake for industry in the Yellow River basin - Part 2: Coal preparation
- GB 45669.3-2025Norm of water intake for industry in the Yellow River basin - Part 3:Coal to olefin
- GB 45669.4-2025Norm of water intake for industry in the Yellow River basin - Part 4:Cement
- GB/T 18916.8-2025Norm of water intake for industry - Part 8: Synthetic ammonia
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Editions of GB/T 18820
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 18820-2023 | General principles of drafting norm of water intake for industry | current edition | Current |
| GB/T 18820-2011 | General principles of drafting norm of water intake for industry | previous edition | Superseded |
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Related Standards
GB/T 12452-2022 — General principles of water balance test
GB/T 21534-2021 — Water saving - Terminology
GB/T 24789-2022 — General rules for equipping and managing of the water measuring instrument in water-use organization
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